Crazy Crypto Challenges Push People to the Edge

A new online platform has sparked a wave of risky challenges that promise cryptocurrency rewards. Launched in early January, the site lets anyone post a task and anyone else try it for a chance to win digital money. The most extreme tasks include:

• Sticking one’s face in a toilet
• Getting a tattoo on the forehead
• Climbing Mount Everest

Since its launch, the site has paid out more than $370,000 in crypto.

Silly Yet Rewarding Tasks

Most challenges appear harmless or even playful. Participants have earned a few dozen dollars for:

• Feeding stray cats
• Donating clothes
• Dumping milk over their heads while shouting a cryptocurrency name

One participant dressed in a gorilla suit and earned $322 for walking around in public.

Dangerous High‑Paying Jobs

The highest‑paying challenges are perilous:

• $15,000 for tattooing “bounty. fun” on a forehead (won by a man from the Philippines)
• $57,200 for climbing Mount Everest and placing a bet on a gambling site
• $26,000 for holding a sign at every World Cup match
• $3,100 for quitting a job on camera
• $287 for dressing up as a purple baby meme character

Criticism and Concerns

• Crypto enthusiasts create most challenges.
• The platform warns participants that they do so at their own risk.
• Critics argue the site exploits desperation and encourages shameful acts.
• State officials and industry leaders have called it a “dystopian nightmare.”

The platform has not responded to requests for comment, but users continue uploading videos of themselves completing bizarre tasks in hopes of a quick crypto payout.